Gerald Edelman Quotes

Each brain is exposed to different circumstances. It's very likely that your brain is unique in the history of the universe.

Gerald Edelman

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I feel at various times in my life that I've been at a point where I had to choose between a death sentence and a life sentence. And I want to live. What do I do to live? What do I do to be vital? And the answer is always creativity. The answer is always art.

Jodie Foster

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I'd like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee.

Joe DiMaggio

GoodMeLordLikeMakingYankee

My grandparents would never admit to being Tasmanian, but I think it's really great and funny. But I guess, in the past, Tasmanians just weren't quite accepted. You had that lazy reference to them being felons.

Jessie Cave

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Rejection is never personal, so don't let it consume you.

Melanie Scrofano

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You don't wanna be around your family constantly.

John Oates

FamilyYouYourAroundConstantly

I have a lot of cultural references that have amassed in my brain like shrapnel over the years that are meaningful to me.

John Hodgman

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People also don't care about the daily comings and goings of diplomats and yet we must report it.

Roone Arledge

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I know for myself, and maybe I'm weird or whatever, but the whole thing is about constantly redefining identity.

Mike D

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When I was at school, most people were planning on going to university and becoming doctors or lawyers. I wanted to be a singer, and I was laughed at. It was tough, but I never let anything stop me.

Mollie King

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I started at a very early age in this business and I'm sure most of you have read stories about people who have started as children and ended up in very difficult lives and bad consequences.

Dean Stockwell

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I never want to turn something down because I'm afraid to do it, because of some idea of image or whatever. That was never anything I set out to do. In fact, the opposite, I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.

Christian Bale

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Well, I've just gotten accustomed to just being in Canada for five and a half months a year.

Anthony Michael Hall

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